Eucithara fasciata
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| image_caption = Shell of Eucithara fasciata
| authority = (Reeve, 1846)
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- Cythara fasciata (Reeve, 1846) (nomen dubium)
- Mangilia fasciata Reeve, L.A., 1846 (original description)
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Eucithara fasciata is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mangeliidae.[http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/HtmSpecies/2128803675.htm Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Eucithara fasciata ]
R.J. Kilburn (1992) could not find sufficient grounds to distinguish Mangelia fasciata (Gray in Reeve (1846) from Eucithara vittata (Hinds, 1843)[http://journals.co.za/docserver/fulltext/annals/33/2/282.pdf?expires=1491662733&id=id&accname=guest&checksum=7F351EDA98AA96D75296767E835A8EEF Kilburn R.N. 1992. Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 6. Subfamily Mangeliinae, section 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 33: 461–575]
Description
The length of the shell attains 8.5 mm.
The ribs are latticed with conspicuous transverse striae. The shell is yellowish white, with a central, narrow, chestnut band.[https://archive.org/details/manualconch06tryorich G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences]>
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Madagascar and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands .
References
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- Reeve, L.A. 1846. Monograph of the genus Mangelia. pls 1–8 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 3.
External links
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- [http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00682f.pdf Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295]
- {{Gastropods.com|key=9|id=42129|title=Cythara fasciata|access-date=16 January 2019}}
- [http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Eucithara+fasciata&flags=glean:&mobile=close Discover Life: Eucithara fasciata]
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